Where does “netboot” come from?

netboot (English) comes from English boot, from French botte, from Italian botta, from Italian bottare, from French bouter, from Middle French bouter, from Old French bouter, from Frankish bautan — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

netboot (English): booting from a network

Definitions

  1. booting from a network

Ancestry of “netboot”, step by step

netboot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English boot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbootA heavy shoe that covers part of the leg; A blow...
2Frenchbotteboot; something resembling a boot; oppression
3Italianbottablow, hit, shock, knock, attack
4Italianbottare
5Frenchbouterto push; to remove flesh from the skin of an...
6Middle Frenchbouterto pull
7Old Frenchbouterto strike; to hit; to place; to put; to enter
8Frankishbautanto push, strike, beat; to hit, strike; to hit,...
9Proto-West Germanicbautanto beat
10Proto-Germanicbautanąto beat, push
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewd-to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,...
12Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

via English Net

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNetthe Internet
2Middle Englishnetworthy, good, pure, fine, elegant
3Anglo-Normanneitgood, desireable, clean
4Old Frenchnetneat, decent
5Vulgar Latinnittus
6Latinnitidusshining, polished, glittering; handsome,...
7Latinniteresecond-person singular future active indicative...
8LatinniteoI am radiant, shine, look bright, glitter,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanney-to shine; to be aroused, shine; to be excited
10Cebuano-hi
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰew-